An opportunity missed

摘要

The strategy document No Health Without Mental Health (Department of Health (DH), 2011) aimed to put mental health on an equal footing with physical health. It had six objectives, one of which was that fewer people would experience stigma and discrimination. However, inequalities in mental health still persist and appear to have been fuelled by the omission of important data in a report released by NHS Digital (McManus et al, 2016), the Mental Health and Wellheing in England survey. Record numbers of adults are now living with mental health problems in England, with young . women in particular facing increased risk. One in three adults (37%) aged between 16 and 74 years with conditions such as anxiety or depression, surveyed in England, were accessing mental health treatment in 2014 (McManus et al, 2016). This figure has increased from one in four people (24%) since the last survey was undertaken in 2007 (McManus et al,2016).